On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:29:05PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Greg KH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> > > If interfaces have to change, so be it. But changing the rules for
> > > using them years after it's implemented and then claiming "you didn't
> > > read the instructions" is pretty lame.
> >
Greg KH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> > If interfaces have to change, so be it. But changing the rules for
> > using them years after it's implemented and then claiming "you didn't
> > read the instructions" is pretty lame.
>
> That documentation has been in the kernel tree for almost a full year:
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 08:41:38PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Greg KH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> > If you follow the rules in Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class your
> > program will not have any problems.
>
> Oh, of *course*. We add interfaces and then claim years later,
> after code ha
Greg KH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> If you follow the rules in Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class your
> program will not have any problems.
Oh, of *course*. We add interfaces and then claim years later,
after code has been written, "Oh, you shouldn't be using that!" in
documentation. Meanwhil
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 11:17:43PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Kay Sievers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> > >If you *do* try to use one of these names, the rename will succeed...
> > >partway. The link in /sys/class/net is renamed, the directory is
> > >not (as it obviously can't rename on top of
Kay Sievers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> >If you *do* try to use one of these names, the rename will succeed...
> >partway. The link in /sys/class/net is renamed, the directory is
> >not (as it obviously can't rename on top of whatever is already there.)
> >Various networking tools then break in as
On 3/20/07, Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was fiddling with the 'new' (no CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED) layout
and ethernet device names, and noticed that the new layout effectively
restricts the availability of certain device names.
By making a directory for the ethernet device name i
I was fiddling with the 'new' (no CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED) layout
and ethernet device names, and noticed that the new layout effectively
restricts the availability of certain device names.
By making a directory for the ethernet device name in the parent
device, you no longer can use any name that
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